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What is the net effect of changing cloudiness on global climate?
Posted on July 29th, 2009Categorized as Climate, Earth System Tagged as climate change, cloud cover, greenhouse gas
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The net effect of the present cloudiness is to clearly cool the global climate. Will the green house gas induced climate change strengthen or diminish the net effect of clouds on, e.g. surface temperature?
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How much is known about the differences in evapotranspiration rates of various types of vegetation cover (ex. primary/secondary tropical forest, oil palm, rice agriculture, anthropogenic grassland), and to what extent does evapotranspiration affect cloud cover at medium to large scales in tropical islands?
Posted on July 21st, 2009Categorized as Biodiversity, Earth System, Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as climate change impact, cloud cover, evapotranspiration, vegetation
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The extent and type of cloud cover may play a critical role in the impact of climate change at local and medium scales (viz., increased cloud cover may mitigate climate change-related increased thermal stress). However, it seems little is known about, for example, if or how primary forest cover may enhance cloud formation versus land converted to other agricultural uses such as oil palm, etc.
